When comparing Vine Messages vs Skype Qik, the Slant community recommends Vine Messages for most people. In the question“What are the best messaging apps for Android?”Vine Messages is ranked 36th while Skype Qik is ranked 43rd. The most important reason people chose Vine Messages is:

Pros

Pro

Can communicate outside of Vine

Pro

Video tools

Vine can capture a video for you and has a grid to help line up shots.

Pro

Video messages

Videos can be up to six seconds long.

Pro

Video shooting is easy

A swipe down from the main screen of Qik and a tap on the record button will start recording a video that can be up to 42-seconds long. Once recorded the video can be sent to anyone in the address book.

Pro

Allows canned video responses

Up to 12 five-second videos can be recorded and used as a quick way to respond.

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Cons

Con

Can't share images or videos from camera roll

Con

No group messaging

Con

Limited to contacts in the address book

It's only possible to send video to contacts in the address book.

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